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WHETHER YOU'RE FROM THE
UNITED STATES OR FROM

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JAPAN, NOTHING BRINGS
TOGETHER TWO DISTINCT

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CULTURES LIKE MUSIC DOES.
THE U-S AIR FORCE BAND OF

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THE PACIFIC TEAMED UP WITH
THE JAPANESE HYBRID JAZZ

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ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM
A CONCERT FOR LOCAL

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RESIDENTS NEAR YOKOTA AIR
BASE. WHAT MAKES THIS

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CONCERT UNIQUE AMONG OTHER
CONCERTS IS THAT THE TWO

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BANDS JOINED ON-STAGE
TOGETHER AND PERFORMED AT

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THE SAME TIME, AND
REPRESENTED THROUGH MUSIC,

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THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES.

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I THINK AS AIR FORCE
MUSICIANS WE FEEL VERY

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LUCKY THAT WE CAN TRAVEL
INTO INTERNATIONAL

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COMMUNITIES WHERE
LANGUAGES MAYBE AREN'T THE

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SAME, BUT WHEN WE PLAY
MUSIC TOGETHER IT'S

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COMPLETELY INTERNATIONAL.
SO WE CAN REHEARSE

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TOGETHER FOR JUST A FEW
MINUTES AND THEN PERFORM A

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CONCERT LIKE WE DID
TONIGHT, AND THAT

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EXPERIENCE IS SO UNIQUE
AND SPECIAL THAT I THINK

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WE ALL JUST FEEL SO LUCKY
THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE

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THAT TOGETHER AND TRY TO
BREACH OUR RELATIONSHIPS

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EVEN FURTHER WITH IT. THE
TWO BANDS HAD THE UNIQUE

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ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY
COMBINE POPULAR JAZZ MUSIC

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ALONG WITH JAPANESE TAIKO
DRUMS. MAKOTO SAITO, THE

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BAND MASTER FOR THE HYBRID
JAZZ ORCHESTRA, SAID THAT

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HE GREW UP NEAR YOKOTA AND
KNEW ABOUT THE AIR FORCE

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BAND, BUT HE NEVER GOT A
CHANCE TO PERFORM WITH

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THEM.

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WE HAD SUCH A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY

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TOGETHER AND I'M
PERSONALLY VERY HAPPY AND

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THANKFUL. WE ARE GLAD THAT
WE AS AN AMATEUR JAZZ BAND

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COULD LEARN FROM THIS
BAND. THE PACAF BAND

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TRAVELS ALL AROUND THE
PACIFIC, BUT THEY WERE

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GLAD TO SHOW THANKS TO
THEIR ALLIES RIGHT OUTSIDE

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OF THE BASE. REPORTING
FROM FUSSA, JAPAN, I'M

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SENIOR AIRMAN
PATRICK COLE.